Since autumn has officially arrived, it must mean that GSSI Robotics is in full swing. This year we are honored to sponsor 10 First Lego League (FLL) teams and our very first First Tech Challenge (FTC) team.
FLL teams consist of up to 10 Junior and Cadette members. We have teams in East St. Louis, Belleville, Roxana, Washington Park, Albers, O’Fallon, Staunton, Charleston and Glen Carbon. Teams will compete in qualifying tournaments in November and December.
FTC in an intense robotics program for 7– 12 grades. Our first FTC team consists of girls from Granite City, O’Fallon and Belleville. They will be working through the engineering process while designing their robot in PTC Creo CAD software, building a large robot to complete missions and programming in Robot C. Qualifying tournaments will be held this winter.
Junior First Lego League (JrFLL) teams are for Daisies and Brownies. Teams will start up in January and show their work at an Expo in March.
For more information on GSSI robotics contact Mary Buchanan 800.345.6858, ext. 1115 or mbuchanan@gsofsi.org.
